John Milton
John Milton
John Miltonwas an English poet, polemicist, and man of letters, and a civil servant for the Commonwealth of England under Oliver Cromwell. He wrote at a time of religious flux and political upheaval, and is best known for his epic poem Paradise Lost, written in blank verse...
NationalityEnglish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth9 December 1608
revenge victory paradise-lost-book-2
Which, if not victory, is yet revenge.
mother may fruit
So may'st thou live, till like ripe fruit thou drop Into thy mother's lap.
evil news bait
For evil news rides post, while good news baits.
gratitude grateful mind
A grateful mind/ By owing owes not, but still pays, at once/ Indebted and discharg'd.
gratitude grateful mind
The debt immense of endless gratitude, So burthensome, still paying, still to owe; Forgetful what from him I still receivd, And understood not that a grateful mind By owing owes not, but still pays, at once Indebted and dischargd; what burden then?
spurs spirit fame
Fame is the spur that the clear spirit doth raise
men brave age
Enflamed with the study of learning and the admiration of virtue; stirred up with high hopes of living to be brave men and worthy patriots, dear to God, and famous to all ages.
war night confusion
Where eldest Night And Chaos, ancestors of Nature, hold Eternal anarchy amidst the noise Of endless wars, and by confusion stand; For hot, cold, moist, and dry, four champions fierce, Strive here for mast'ry.
saint saws late
Methought I saw my late espoused saint.
dark fighting air
Into this wild Abyss/ The womb of Nature, and perhaps her grave--/ Of neither sea, nor shore, nor air, nor fire,/ But all these in their pregnant causes mixed/ Confusedly, and which thus must ever fight,/ Unless the Almighty Maker them ordain/ His dark materials to create more worlds,--/ Into this wild Abyss the wary Fiend/ Stood on the brink of Hell and looked a while,/ Pondering his voyage; for no narrow frith/ He had to cross.
kings lying wish-to-die
And so sepúlchred in such pomp dost lie, That kings for such a tomb would wish to die.
pain ease void
Ease would recant Vows made in pain, as violent and void.
god temptation taste
Taste this, and be henceforth among the Gods thyself a Goddess.
wings golden wheels
Him that yon soars on golden wing, guiding the fiery-wheelèd throne, the Cherub Contemplation.